The first commercial-scale plant for making methanol from carbon dioxide will save an estimated 500,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year compared with making methanol from coal Environment 4 November…
The US has seen a huge surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, mostly in young children. Two companies aim to make vaccines for children and elderly people…
Scientific American tech editor Sophie Bushwick explains how Iran is using surveillance tech against vulnerable citizens. [The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]
The biggest climate event of the year kicks off Sunday in Egypt as a raft of challenges threaten global efforts to tame rising temperatures. Set against a backdrop of severe…
It’s been a year since global leaders renewed their climate pledges at the landmark summit in Glasgow, UK. Next week, they’ll convene again in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, during the 27th United Nations…
As flu season picks up and experts weigh concerns about another possible COVID surge, children’s hospitals are already filling with patients with another viral threat: respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.…
With the cost of renewables and batteries plummeting, some academics argue that the UK doesn’t need to build new nuclear power stations to achieve its net zero goal Environment |…
It’s just over ten years ago that the Higgs boson was first discovered. Physicist Toyoko Orimoto writes that the particle could lead us to more discoveries, such as if there…
On Monday, China launched its Long March-5B rocket to carry the final module to the Tiangong space station – now it has fallen back to Earth, but no one yet…
A device that uses a piece of glass with little bumps on it can distinguish objects based on how they scatter light, removing the need for a camera or a…